Boot and shoe heeling machine



(No Model.) v r E. FISHER. BOOT ANDvSHOE I-IHFLINGv MACHINE. No.258,905.

Patent'ed June 6. 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN FISHER, OF WORCESTER, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES W. BROOKS, TRUS- .TEE, OFCAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOT AND SHOE HEELING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,905, dated June 6,1882.

Application filed August 16, 1881. (No model.)

heels to boots and shoes relates to an iron last mounted on a spindlehaving a pivoted hearing, combined with a weighted arm and a rest forthe counter and heel, as will be hereinafter set forth; also, in anironlast mounted on a pivoted adjustable spindle provided with aweightedarm, combined with a rest for the counter and heel and with areciprocating plunger and its foot or plate to act upon and drive theseries of nails from the heel-pile into the counter and sole. I haveprovided the foot of the plunger with a movable type or stamp holdingplate to hold a type or stamp to mark or emboss the heel as the latteris be in g attached, and I have made the counter and heel rest bothvertically and horizontally adjustable, and I have provided the rest, atits rear side, with an adj ustablestop to enable the rest to stand upunder pressure against the boot or shoe by the plunger and its foot orplate.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine containing my improvements,the plunger being lifted. Fig. 2 is a detail front view of the counterand heel rest, showing the slots therein and screws by which it may beadjusted; and Fig. 3 is a section on an enlarged scale of the plate andtype. r

The crank-shaft a, link a lover a, cam-stop h dog 7L2, rock-shaft m,elbow-1ever g beltpulley 0, link 9 and treadle are all as in myapplication No. 40,011, filed concurrently with this, for machine fornailing heels. So I need not herein more fully describe the saiddevices, it being understood that this machine is provided between thepulley O and the shaft or with a sliding pin, lever, spring, &c., as inthe said application, to which referenceimay be had. The lever to hasits rounded front end (shown in dotted lines) entered into a suitableslot at the upper end of the plunger B, under the cap b. This plunger,preferably made square and fitted into the box A of the framework A, hasat its lower end a foot, b preferably made dovetailing in cross-section,as shown in Fig. l, to enable the plate 0 if used, to be secured theretoby the set-screw 0 This foot will be of suflicient size to cover all thenails to be driven from the largest-sized heel into the boot or shoewhen attaching the heel. It is, however, sometimes desired to number,stamp, or emboss the heel as it is being attached to the boot or shoe.Under such circumstances only I attach the plate 0 to the foot b thesaid plate being provided (see section, Fig. 3) with a tapering hole oropening to receive the tapering shank of a type or stamp,

2', having at its lower end the figure or character to be marked on theheel.

The boot or shoe to which a heel is to be attached will be placed on theiron last 0 at the upper end of the spindle e screw-threaded and screwedinto the pivoted bearing e held in ears 0 ot' the frame, the last beingmade vertically adjustable by turning the spindle in the saidbearing,the upper end,-g, of thespringarm 9 pressing against thespindle, preventing it from being turned accidentally. The

hearing has connected with it the spring-arm g, bent as shown, andprovided with a weight, w, by which the upper end of the spindle andlast are normally held pressed toward the main part of the frame-work A,so as to keep the counter of the boot or shoe pressed into the concavedrest h, the said rest also serving to receive against it the rear of theheel or heelpile provided with a series of nails partially driventherethrough, and position the said heel properly upon the sole of theboot or shoe to have its nails driven through the said heel into thecounter and inner sole as the plunger descends and the foot or the platestrikes the said nails. The spindle and spring-arm are of such lengthand shape as to enable a boot with a long leg to be placed on the lastand spindle.

The rest h is made as part of a cruciform plate (shown in Fig. 2)provided with slots to receive the shanks of adj usting-screws l l 1 toenable the rest to be adjusted vertically or horizontally to the rightor left of the machine when standing in front of it. The spindlenormally stands inclined a little backward, as in Fig. 1, and thepressure of the foot or plate on the heel as the nails are being drivenwill therefore press the last and counter of the boot or shoe thereonvery hard into the rest. So to keep the rest from swinging back at suchtime Ihave placed behind it a screw, m, which serves both as a stop andto adjust the forward position of the rest h.

I claim 1. The metal lastc, the spindle 6 adapted to vertically adjustthe said last, the pivotal hearing 0 for said spindle, the rest h, andthe weighted a1 m g for normally pressing the spindle and last towardthe frame of the machine to hold the counter of the boot or shoe in thesaid rest, combined with the nail-driving mechanism and means to operatethe same,substnntially as shown and described.

2. In a machine to nail heels to boots and shoes, the iron last andspindle to carry it, combined with the plunger and removable plateconnected with the foot ot'the plunger, and provided with a type orstamp to mark the heel as the nails partially driven therein are driventhrough the heel into the sole of the boot or shoe, substantially asdescribed.

3. The rest h, made vertically and horizontally adjustable, and the stopand adjustingscrew m, combined with the last a, spindle 6 its pivotedbearing 0', and weighted arm 9 all substantially as and for thepurposedescribed.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN FISHER.

Witnesses: I G. W. GREGORY, i W. H. SIGs'roN.

